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The American Society of Travel Advisors "The Travel Industry Forecast"
The American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA) presents new consumer research on travel trends during its program, “The Travel Industry Forecast”. Special guests include ASTA’s President & CEO, Zane Kerby along with Eric Drésin, the Secretary General of the European Travel Agents’ and Tour Operators’ Associations, ECTAA, who will provide an update on the European travel market. Jon Last, President of the Sports & Leisure Research Group will unveil key findings from ASTA’s exclusive travel consumer research study, followed by a panel discussion of esteemed travel industry executives…
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Trust Us?
News sources proliferate just as trust thins out for traditional media. What we are doing about it. Join us on June 30 for this town hall.
We’re told that lies travel faster than the truth. If that is so, what are journalists doing to prove to audiences that what they read, see and hear is based on verifiable facts? In a world of conflicting media standards, practices and ethics, news organizations must cope with more challenges to more facts by more people than ever. Journalists Sam Fulwood (Dean, School of Communication, American University) Elahe Izadi (media reporter, The Washington Post) and Terence Samuel (VP News, NPR) join PBS Public Editor Ricardo Sandoval-Palos in exploring, before a live audience, how politics and mis…
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Up for Growth to Launch U.S. Housing Underproduction Report
First-of-its kind longitudinal study quantifies housing shortage at national, state, and metropolitan levels, tracks trends from 2012 through 2019 Up for Growth on July 14 will release its groundbreaking report, Housing Underproduction in the United States, a first-of-its-kind longitudinal study tracking nationwide housing underproduction by state and across 814 metropolitan and non-metropolitan units of geography – the most detailed analysis of America’s housing shortage ever produced. WHAT: Up for Growth Report Launch: Housing Underproduction in the United States Event is open press. WHERE…
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Press Conference & Film Screening for: MICHELLE OBAMA 2024
Press Conference and Film Screening for: MICHELLE OBAMA 2024 Date and Time: Monday, July 11 at 1 PM Location: Ballroom Film: Michelle Obama 2024: Her Real Life Story and Plan for Power By: Highway 61 Entertainment Contact: Director Joel Gilbert [email protected] Film Website: MichelleObama24.com Highway 61 Entertainment will host a film screening and press conference on Monday, July 11 at 1 PM for the new film and companion book release, Michelle Obama 2024: Her Real Life Story and Plan for Power. For more information: MichelleObama24.com Open to Press and Public by RSVP
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Arc Health Sponsors a Luncheon on Health Equity in honor of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune’s Birth Date and Historic Statue Unveiling on Capitol Hill
The event will be held at the National Press Club and will be moderated by comedian Willie Macc, with an introduction by the grandniece of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, Mayor Jereleen Holleman-Miller. In attendance will be Rev. Dr. Johnnie Greene Jr., Bravo TV star Karen Huger, former NBA player Dale Davis, former NFL player Vernon Davis. Many of the guests will speak about Health Equity and the National Awareness Campaign for Preventive Health. Arc Health created this event to honor ideas and programs that would have been likely championed by the late, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune. The main creator of…
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NPC Newsmaker: Major League Baseball Players Association’s Tony Clark, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler to discuss MLBPA’s growing role in the labor movement
Tony Clark, executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA), will speak at a National Press Club-sponsored Headliner event on Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 10 a.m., in the club’s Holeman Lounge. Clark will be joined by AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler. The two labor leaders will discuss recent initiatives and alliances that have thrust the MLBPA to the forefront of sports news this year. This week, the MLBPA, which represents the 1,200 players on the rosters of all 30 Major League Baseball teams, distributed union authorization cards that would allow the nation’s 5,000 minor…
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NPC Newsmaker: Ambassador Masood Khan of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Ambassador Masood Khan of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan will speak at a National Press Club Newsmaker event on Friday, Sept. 9 at 10 a.m. in the Holeman Lounge. He will discuss the recent flooding in Pakistan. The world has seen shocking video of the recent record flooding in Pakistan but the impact on the country is far greater than even these videos suggest. The number of people who are displaced, missing or dead are high and climbing rapidly. Ambassador Khan will provide a briefing on what is now known of the situation and what is projected in the short and longer term. He will discuss…
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NPC Headliners Newsmaker: New York City Mayor Eric Adams
New York City Mayor Eric Adams will address gun control and manufacturers at a National Press Club Newsmaker press conference at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13. A former captain in the New York Police Department, Adams has been an advocate for tougher gun laws. In June testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, he called for a ban on assault weapons, among other reforms. “It is high noon in America,” Adams said in written testimony. "Time for every one of us to decide where we stand on the issue of gun violence. Time to decide if it is more important to protect the profits of gun…
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DarkPulse Press Conference
DarkPulse Inc. will host a press conference on Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 9 am at the National Press Club to announce that the Company, noted Neurologist Dr. Philip R. Kennedy MD, PhD and Neural Signals Inc, the pioneer in Brain - Machine Interfaces, have created a joint venture for BCI technology development and implementation.
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2022 "Press vs. Politicians" National Press Club Spelling Bee
Relationships between politicians and the media who cover them have been tested throughout history, but on Wednesday, September 14, 2022 in the National Press Club’s historic ballroom, fun and friendly competition will prevail as lawmakers and reporters compete in the uproariously entertaining Press vs. Politicians Spelling Bee. The first such event was held in 1913, with newly elected President Woodrow Wilson in the audience for the inaugural showdown, which was won by members of the House and Senate. The Press vs. Politicians Spelling Bee was reinstated on its 100th anniversary in 2013 and…
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